FEAR(FUL)LESS / (NE)USTRAŠNA
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Jerca Rožnik Novak
FEAR(FUL)LESS
a dance performance
Concept, Choreography & Performance: JERCA ROŽNIK NOVAK
Choreography and Mentorship: DAMIAN CORTES ALBERTI
Original Music: KAJA JANJIĆ (F-RAW BLANCA)
Used Music: VERDI - MESSA DA REQUIEM
Dramaturgy: ZALA DOBOVŠEK
Costume Design: TANJA PAĐAN (KISS THE FUTURE)
Lighting Design and Technical Support: JANKO OVEN
Producer: KATJA SOMRAK
Produced by: PLESNI TEATER LJUBLJANA
Supported by: Red Sapata TANZFABRIK Linz, Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz
Special Thanks to: Enya Belak, Julio Escudero, Renata Carola Gatica, Ira Goldbeche, Dean Krivačić, Natalija Rožnik, Veronika Valdés, Mitja Vasič, SVŠGUGL
In accordance with the decrees of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, participation in cultural events is allowed to people with a negative test for Covid-19, vaccinated or convalescent people (PCT condition).
The programme of Plesni Teater Ljubljana is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture RS and Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture
About the performance
Creating problems and solutions to non-existent problems can be a special ability. Fear is a basic survival mechanism. A mechanism that is triggered when a person is in danger. Fear is the ability to recognize danger and leads to the decision: to escape or to face danger. This emotion and response are innate in us. We are born with fear. Born with it to protect us from real danger. The real problem arises when people react with fear not only to the actual danger, but also to expected, imaginary dangers. Poor body, it thinks it’s running away from the lion, but it’s just running away from itself. Interestingly, we are able to bring ourselves to high levels of adrenaline without having to face the real danger.
Unpredictable times, especially the ones we live in now, display different threats and fears. The performance explores fear as a concept framed in movement, dance, and elements of theatre. A humorous approach to one of the darkest emotions. The performance is self-reflective and addresses all those who are afraid of something, are aware of it, and may even find it unnecessary to be afraid, and yet they are. Feeling fear, really being afraid, and creating fear.
About the authors
Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, JERCA ROŽNIK NOVAK studied at the Academy of Contemporary Dance Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz, Austria where she graduated with a master’s degree in dance pedagogy. She has worked as a freelance dancer with choreographers such as Willi Dorner, Rose Breuss, Gisela Elisa Heredia, Anna Gulyás, Maria Koliopouplou, Matjaž Farič, Enya Belak, Johannes Wieland, Vita Osojnik, Editta Braun, Johannes Randolf and Damian Cortes Alberti. She was part of the production “L’Italiana in Algeri” for Tiroler Festspiele Erl. She collaborated with Pop-Up Collective (PUC). She created a piece “Hweōl... in the whirlwind of time” together with Leon Marič, produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana in 2016. In 2020 together with Johannes Randolf she created and danced in "2GETHER / AL(L) ONE", "2GETHER /AL(L)ONE- VERSION CORONIKA" and “VERONIKA” produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana. The project is a part of BeSpectACTive! 2 European project. In the school year 2020/2021 she is employed and is teaching contemporary dance at Gymnasium and Art Gymnasium Ljubljana - SVŠGUGL. She has been working with SILK Fluegge since 2014 and is currently performing the solo performance called »7easy tricks to manipulate your peeps in 40 min«.
DAMIÁN CORTÉS ALBERTI is a multidisciplinary artist, born in Argentina. He studied dance at the Universidad Nacional del Arte (UNA) at the dance school Arte XXI and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Also, he studied Theatre at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (U.N.C), and violin in the Suzuki Method Cordoba. In 2005-2007 he joined the Contemporary Ballet of the San Martín Theatre, Buenos Aires, where he worked with renowned choreographers such as Mauricio Wainrot, Marc Ribaud and Richard Wherlock among others. After moving to Europe in 2008 he developed an intense career as a dancer in the companies Art Transit Dansa, Barcelona under the direction of Maria Rovira, the ensemble of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany and later the Landestheater Linz, Austria, both under the direction of Mei Hong Lin. Actively involved since 2016 as a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher in different productions in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, Macedonia, Slovakia and South Korea, he continues his research in the field of art by doing a Doctorate in Arts at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz, under de supervision of Prof. Rose Breuss, Prof. Claudia Jeschke, and Prof. Karin Harrasser. From this same institution he graduated in 2019 acquiring the academic degree of Master of Arts, Dance Education.